ABSTRACT

Mohan J Dutta closely interrogates the communicative forms and practices that have been central to the establishment of neoliberal governance. In particular, he examines cultural discourses of health in relationship to the market and the health implications of these cultural discourses. Using examples from around the world, he explores the roles of public-private partnerships, NGOs, militaries, and new technologies in reinforcing the link between market and health. Identifying the taken-for-granted assumptions that constitute the foundations of global neoliberal organizing, he offers an alternative strategy for a grassroots-driven participatory form of global organizing of health. This inventive theoretical volume speaks to those in critical communication, in health research, in social policy, and in contemporary political economy studies.

chapter 1|40 pages

Neoliberalism and Health

chapter 3|20 pages

Foundations as Neoliberal Interventions

chapter 4|30 pages

Transnational Capital and Health

chapter 5|26 pages

NGOs, Health Communication, and Democracy

chapter 7|27 pages

Communication Technologies and Health